Catch up on original Nexus before hiatus
Comic book artist Steve Rude will put his acclaimed comic-book series “Nexus,” which he creates with writer Mike Baron, on hiatus following the conclusion of the “Space Opera” storyline.
As announced in an e-mail from Rude Dude Productions, Rude will focus on gallery paintings and continue to put out books in trade paperback format every few years. Though readers may be at the end of new “Nexus” for now, it’s easier than ever to catch up on the original series.
Rude Dude recently reprinted “Nexus: Origin,” the Eisner Award-winning origin of Nexus, a man in the year 2814, plagued by nightmares of mass-murderers. Nexus, given powers by a mysterious force, is compelled to find these killers and execute them. The original adventures of “Nexus” will be released in an affordable black-and-white format this month. “Nexus: As It Happened” Vol. 1 reprints seven issues of “Nexus”: Vol. 1, 1-3, and Vol. 2, 1-4.
Eight hardcover volumes of “Nexus” have been released by Dark Horse Comics, with the ninth scheduled for August.
The “Space Opera” storyline is set to conclude in the double issue “Nexus” 101-102, also planned for August release.
Baron, who also wrote Marvel’s “Punisher” and DC’s “Batman” and “Flash,” described “Nexus” in a 2008 interview with The Oklahoman.
“All they really need to know is that Nexus is a guy who dreams of mass-murderers, and he has to go out 
and kill them,” Baron said. “The concept is … going to draw people in immediately, and then they’re going to find the characters interesting.”
Baron said “Nexus” is a blend of his and Rude’s world views but compared the writing to two disparate influences.
“Writing-wise, I only claim a couple of antecedents,” he said. “I’ve been greatly inspired by the science-fiction work of Philip Jose Farmer. And the way a story is constructed by Carl Barks. Though you might not see that in there.”
Rude claims Jack Kirby, co-creator of “The Fantastic Four” and “Captain America,” as his inspiration. “(My comics will) have all the sock ‘em, rock ‘em action that all great fiction has – and I’m thinking of, like, Kirby books from the 1960s and 1970s – he dealt with the greatest issues that mankind has ever had to look in the face at – but they were always inspirational,” Rude said in a 2007 interview with The Oklahoman.
“And when things got bad, there always came a hero, which is the essence of comics, to try and do what’s right. And that’s what I love about comic books.”
By Matthew Price
From Friday’s The Oklahoman
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